Saturday, December 21, 2013

Publisher is out of stock

"poignant and timeless tale"
 
Here's good news and bad news! Sharp on the heels of my blog post about The Mijo Tree rights being sold to Australia, I learn that the distributor for both Australia and New Zealand is now out of stock, and that the publisher (Penguin Books NZ) will not make a decision about whether to reprint until the new year. 

Unfortunately some bookshops and online booksellers may have already sold out. But there are still plenty of books available in the retail network, so if you want to buy a copy of this beautiful and unique volume, now is the time.

Meanwhile there are another two reviews of The Mijo Tree to add to the roundup of notices in the previous post:

Otago Daily Times:

"a dark and autobiographical fable"

"The themes of love and loss, life and death, innocence and experience are reworked here, but Frame's rich sense of black humour also shines through."

"The stunningly detailed black-and-white illustrations by Cromwell artist Deidre Copeland add significantly to this poignant and timeless tale by one of our literary greats."

Kia Ora, New Zealand:

"Janet Frame's clever fairy tale The Mijo Tree has never before been published. It's a witty, artfully crafted story about a stubborn, thoughtless wee mijo tree with ideas above her station and a circle of friends that includes a valley wind and a rather charismatic goat. The illustrations, by Deidre Copeland, are absorbing in their detail. The story is not for the faint of heart - as with the best fairy tales, it has a very dark centre indeed."

 

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